The Neonatology community mourns the loss of Dr. Maria Delivoria-Papadopoulos, a pioneer and legend in the field of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Maria passed away on September 11, 2020 and has been credited with saving thousands of neonates and improving the outcomes for thousands more. She was Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Physiology at Drexel University and the Ralph J. Brenner Endowed Chair in Pediatrics at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.

Bertold Brecht (1898–1956) wrote: “There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives; These are the indispensable ones.” Without a doubt, Maria was one of the indispensable ones!

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